US Patent Issued to ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES on June 9 for "Radio frequency coil array for use in a combined linear accelerator and magnetic resonance imaging system (Linac-MR/MR-Linac) and a Linac-MR/MR-Linac incorporating the same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,481, issued on June 9, was assigned to ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES (Edmonton, Canada).

"Radio frequency coil array for use in a combined linear accelerator and magnetic resonance imaging system (Linac-MR/MR-Linac) and a Linac-MR/MR-Linac incorporating the same" was invented by Nicola De Zanche (Edmonton, Canada), Radim Barta (Edmonton, Canada) and B. Gino Fallone (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency (RF) coil array for use with a magnetic resonance system having a rotating main magnetic field B0 comprises at least three separate coils, the coils being electrically isolated from one another, concentrically ove...